Glenn Miller as part of the Army Air Force band
Big band musician Glenn Miller speaking with an army officer as part of the Army Air Force band, which he created as part of the war effort.
View ArticleStan Kenton at Colonie Coliseum
Jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Stan Kenton at a performance at the Colonie Colesium. also known as the Starlite Music Theater .
View ArticleArmy air force band
Big band musician Glenn Miller and his civilian band playing for the army as part of the war effort.
View ArticleDuke Ellington and his orchestra
Legendary jazz musician and bandleader Duke Ellington with his orchestra.
View ArticleGerman band in Schenectady
A German music band on the corner of Western Parkway and State Street in Schenectady, New York
View ArticleSchenectady Italian band
Formal photograph of the Schenectady Italian Band, with instruments.
View ArticleFour men with musical instruments
Randall Wicks Wilson ("flute"), Byron R. Wilson (coronet), Archie Wilson (violin), and Morris Wilson (piano).
View ArticleDuke Ellington
Legendary jazz musician and bandleader Duke Ellington at piano on Proctor's stage in Schenecatdy, New York.
View ArticleCircus parade rounding corner of State and Broadway
Photo taken near the old Vendome Hotel in Schenectady, New York of circus parade rounding corner of State and Broadway, then principally residential.
View ArticleRingling brothers / Barnum & Bailey on upper Broadway
Members of Ringling Brothers and the Barnum & Bailey riding elephants on upper Broadway, going to the Ford Avenue grounds in Rotterdam, in 1956.
View ArticleBarnum & Bailey circus fire
Barnum & Bailey circus fire in Schenectady, which started in and destroyed the main tent, purportedly caused by a match or cigarette lit and discarded by an audience member in the bleachers.
View ArticleCircus clown Emmett Kelly applying his makeup
Famous circus clown Emmett Kelly putting on his makeup for the character "Weary Willie" before his last appearance in Schenectady, when Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey also made its final...
View ArticleTommy Dorsey
American jazz trombonist Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. playing at the Schenectady armory.
View ArticleUnloading elephants from train
An elephant being unloaded from a circus train car after Ringing Brothers and Barnum & Bailey arrived by railroad in Schenectady for the last time.
View ArticleOn fairway of Galway Golf Course
A man on a tractor on fairway of Galway Golf Course, 1989.
View ArticleSandy Saddler relaxing at hotel before a fight at McNearney stadium
Featherweight champion boxer Sandy Saddler beside a radio at hotel before fighting at the McNearney Stadium in Schenectady where he fought Proctor Reinhold.
View ArticleCarmen Basilio, "The craggy-faced onion farmer from Canastota" visits...
Welterweight and Middleweight boxer Carmen (Carmine) Basilio visiting Schenectady in the 1950s.
View ArticleMax Baer posing with Leo Begly, Col. Green and another man.
Boxer Max Baer with senator[?] Leo Begly, one "Col [colonel?] Green" (it is unsure whether "Col" is meant to be a military title or a first name), and an unidentified fourth man.
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